Reservation in IIT, IIMs dangerous: BJP
Press Trust of India
Hyderabad, November 18: Terming the Centre's proposal to provide reservation to minorities in premier institutes like IITs and IIMs as "dangerous and divisive", BJP on Friday said such a move would create "social tension and mutual distrust among the communities" with serious implications.
"It shows how divisive the UPA government's thinking is. Instead of implementing a socio-economic agenda for the development of minorities, the government is playing a cheap political game," said party vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu at a press conference.
Pointing out that courts had struck down the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University and Andhra Pradesh government's ordinance on Muslim reservations, he said quotas based on religion were fraught with dangerous repercussions.
"If the same trend continues, it will lead to sowing the seeds for demand for another Partition in future," Naidu said adding that his party would oppose 'tooth and nail' any move to introduce quota system in IITs and IIMs.
The senior BJP leader's remarks came in the backdrop of Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh statement on Thursday, the government would consider the proposal for reservations for minorities in these premier institutions.
Naidu said the constituent Assembly had deliberated upon the issue soon after independence and had decided against religion-based reservations in the interest of the nation.
"Knowing fully well that such a move (reservations for Muslims) will not be able to stand the scrutiny of law, the government is going ahead with it only for publicity," Naidu said, warning that such a move would encourage fissiparous tendencies with "grave consequences" for the country.
"All these years, the successive Congress government have only shown lip sympathy for minorities. Nothing concrete has been done for them in terms of social advancement, employment and development," the BJP leader said.
He said the country was facing the twin danger of encouragement to divisive tendencies and allowing the extremist elements to have a free run.
The Jehanabad jailbreak and its aftermath brought to fore the "insensitivity" of the UPA government towards Maoist problem, Naidu contended.
"There is a lack of political will to tackle extremism head-on," he added.
Hyderabad, November 18: Terming the Centre's proposal to provide reservation to minorities in premier institutes like IITs and IIMs as "dangerous and divisive", BJP on Friday said such a move would create "social tension and mutual distrust among the communities" with serious implications.
"It shows how divisive the UPA government's thinking is. Instead of implementing a socio-economic agenda for the development of minorities, the government is playing a cheap political game," said party vice-president M Venkaiah Naidu at a press conference.
Pointing out that courts had struck down the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University and Andhra Pradesh government's ordinance on Muslim reservations, he said quotas based on religion were fraught with dangerous repercussions.
"If the same trend continues, it will lead to sowing the seeds for demand for another Partition in future," Naidu said adding that his party would oppose 'tooth and nail' any move to introduce quota system in IITs and IIMs.
The senior BJP leader's remarks came in the backdrop of Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh statement on Thursday, the government would consider the proposal for reservations for minorities in these premier institutions.
Naidu said the constituent Assembly had deliberated upon the issue soon after independence and had decided against religion-based reservations in the interest of the nation.
"Knowing fully well that such a move (reservations for Muslims) will not be able to stand the scrutiny of law, the government is going ahead with it only for publicity," Naidu said, warning that such a move would encourage fissiparous tendencies with "grave consequences" for the country.
"All these years, the successive Congress government have only shown lip sympathy for minorities. Nothing concrete has been done for them in terms of social advancement, employment and development," the BJP leader said.
He said the country was facing the twin danger of encouragement to divisive tendencies and allowing the extremist elements to have a free run.
The Jehanabad jailbreak and its aftermath brought to fore the "insensitivity" of the UPA government towards Maoist problem, Naidu contended.
"There is a lack of political will to tackle extremism head-on," he added.
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